| Show I CHANCES FOR YOUNG I MEN IN THE NAVY Suppose a young man without any previous training from the farm for Instance presented himself for enlistment enlist-ment In the naval service he would first be examined by the physician at the naval station He must be free from disease possess good eyesight and good teeth He must bo at least five feet four Inches In height stripped and well developed considering his height and age Should he enlist as I landsman lands-man for training he would receive at once pay at the rate of lfl per mon hand h-and be Is given a complete outfit of clothing worth 15 This includes three suits of white ducking the plcturescme working clothes which are worn by all the Jackles at work on a manowar one white dress uniform one blue drqss suit one blue undess suit three suits of woolen underwear two pairs of i shoes two pair of socks one blue cap three white ducking hats to wear while at work one neckerchief and one overcoat over-coat All this the recruit receives on enlistment I Is clothing enough to last a year After that he must pay for his own wearing apparel Then he may choose the department of the navys work In which he believes himself best fitted I he writes a good hand and is 1 ready at figures he may enter at once the school for yoomcn which Is In the New York navy yard The yeomen are the clerical force of the navy They are men who keep all the records In the paymasters office IymaRters ofcc and other department aboard ship In the Brooklyn navy yard the peomen class i under the Instruction of John E Tremor chief pconmn and a special class In which Instructions are given parllcuulai In the work of the office of the paymaster of the ship Is under Chief Puoman John F Flynn A man who passes the examination m the yeoman yeo-man school at once becomes I yeoman of the third class and Is assigned to cut on one of the ships o the navy His PlY is J30 per month and all the time that ho was receiving Instructions he was paid 1G a month The next step In the pcoman class entailing clerical work a little more difficult brings n salary of S1j per niontht and the next a r < oran of the first class receives OIL O-IL month These are bookkeepers stenographers ste-nographers and typewriters The next position In the peoman service IB that of chief yconian and the salary Is 6 u month Suppose that the recruit shows mc chanleal skill Again he Is In demand In the Ncw York navy yard Is an electrical elec-trical school iind a machine shop for landsmen vho enlist for training In these schools a thorough practical education edu-cation la given Men who pass through these schools may become electricians 1 at jO a month or machinists of the second sec-ond class at 510 The Instruction given m thc preparatory schools Is particularly partic-ularly in thy illitI of mechanical knowledge knowl-edge that will be necessary In any part of tho work of the ship but men who have become good l electricians and machinist ma-chinist In the nay Have after leaving H fiecured nrstolnsg positions on shore where they havo an opportunity t to use to advantage the knowledge acquired In 1 Thjj service of the Government and while receiving Government pay The navy IH certain however qf four years of the service of each man bemuse be-muse no enlistment Is for less than that time But there Is opportunity in lie mechanical line In the navy bq 1 cnub the machines of war are intricate mechanisms and It requires nklllcd hands to repair them and keep them In order A machinist of tho first class Involving In-volving a higher degree of skill than that uf the l second l claps receives 55 a month and I chief machinist 70 t month Then when a machinist becomoh an ofllror l and he Is In charge oC parts of the nhlp machinery ho receives a salary sal-ary of lOQ 1 > a year Any mechanical skill 1 which n 1U may POHSCKH will at once be of use lo him because plumbers plumb-ers and litters palntere carpenters blacksmiths coppersmiths arc all Wanted al I Them IK I a chance for the boys too I They may enlist If they arc healthy strong and of good morals and receive re-ceive at once W a month and an outfit of clothing as the men do They are taken for practice on a training ship a are also the landomen for training and on that cruise they are made sailors sail-ors They are taught all there If to know about the navigation of I vessel l Then they receive 15 r month and the next advancement Is to 21 They aro ready then to enlist as J seamen In the Weekly navy Harry Bcardaley In Leslies |
